You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.